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Nouvelle carte de la Suisse dans laquelle sont exactement distingues les treize cantons, leurs allies, et leurs sujets. Dressee sur les memoires les plus corrects et assujettie aux observations astronomiques. a Londre, chez W. Faden, Charing Cross, 1799. Printed for W. Faden ... as the Act directs.

Engraved map. Outline hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Vue de la Vallee de Chamouny et des glaciers du Cote du Midi, prise de l'Eglise de Chamouny en 1742," "Section des principales montagnes a l'Est-sud-Est, et au Sud de Geneve telles qu'on les voit de la Plaine de cette ville," and descriptive text. Prime meridian: Ferro. "27" on verso.
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William Faden  (1749–1836)  wikidata:Q8008902
 
Alternative names
Faden & Jefferys
Description British cartographer and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1750
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 21 March 1836 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata Shepperton Edit this at Wikidata
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From 1771: "Geographer to the King and to the Prince of Wales"
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creator QS:P170,Q8008902

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